Discover Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli, a gemstone revered for millennia.
From the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs to the palates of Renaissance masters, Lapis Lazuli has left it’s mark on art, religion, and culture across the globe.
Derived from the Latin ‘lapis’ for ‘stone’ and ‘lazuli’, the genitive form of medieval Latin ‘lazulum’, taken from the Persian lāžward which means “sky” or “heaven”.
For centuries, the main source of Lapis Lazuli has been Afghanistan. Other major deposits of lapis lazuli are in the Andes in Chile, and to the west of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.
Nonetheless, Afghan Lapis Lazuli remains the best, due to greater concentrations of lazurite. Most Lapis Lazuli also contains calcite (the white vines) and pyrite (the gold flecks).
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